Exams Assistant

Park View School, Chester le Street, County Durham, DH3 3QA

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  19 October 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  12 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Monday to Friday - 30 hours across the 5 days. Term-time only. In addition, up to 2 extra weeks during the summer break (paid extra)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £22,960 - £24,534
• Pay scale: SCP 18–22

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an organised, reliable and detail-focused Exams Assistant to support the Examinations Manager in the planning, administration and delivery of internal and external examinations.

This is a varied and important role, helping to ensure examinations are conducted accurately, securely and in accordance with awarding body regulations and school procedures.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Highly organised – able to manage competing priorities and meet important deadlines

• Accurate and thorough – with excellent attention to detail

• Calm under pressure – particularly during busy examination periods

• Professional and approachable – able to communicate confidently with students, parents, staff and external organisations

• Trustworthy and discreet – able to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately

• IT confident – comfortable maintaining electronic records and learning new systems

• Flexible and dependable – willing to support the school during peak examination periods

Previous experience in examinations, school administration or a similar environment would be advantageous, but the right attitude, organisation and attention to detail are essential.

For further information and details of how to apply, please see our website.

What the school offers its staff

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in the smooth running of examinations while becoming part of a supportive school team. You’ll receive relevant training and development and will have the opportunity to build valuable experience across examinations and wider school administration.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare and safety of children, and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Park View School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1631 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Park View School website
• Email address: wtaylor@parkviewlearning.net
• Phone number: 0191 3882248
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/park-view-school-chester-le-street

Park View is a forward thinking, exciting and, most important of all, happy school where children of all abilities, aptitudes and social backgrounds achieve. This has given us a reputation for excellence within the locality of which we are exceptionally proud.
We have been at the heart of Chester-le-Street since 1911, first as the town’s grammar school and latterly as its largest Academy. Our roots in the community are long-established and inform all that we do: thus, although we are innovative and offer children a 21st Century education of real worth, we cherish and foster traditional values.
We passionately believe that all young people can achieve if challenged to do so, that each has in them special qualities, talents and strengths which it is the duty of true educators to develop. It is this moral imperative which drives us, providing an unflinching focus upon the continued improvement necessary for us to realise our ambition: to be an outstanding school which provides the very best educational experience for all in our care.
To succeed in our ambition, we work closely in partnership with parents and carers. We rely upon support from home and are delighted that the vast majority of our families make an unconditional commitment to trust their children to our care, reinforcing our standards by supporting school actions. It is this mutual trust which sits at the heart of the school and is one of our greatest strengths.

We have excellent transport links: the school is situated half a mile from Junction 63 of the A1(M) motorway, and the local train station is only 5 minutes walk from our main school site. Chester-le-Street also has a wide variety of leisure facilities, all within walking distance of our school.

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